B.A. (Hons.) in Sociology (Comparative Bengali) 

at St. Xavier's College Kolkata, Park Street

The admissions for various courses is open at the official website, i.e., St Xavier's College Kolkata. However, the last date of Application for B.A. in Mass Communication (Hons.) was on 12 Feb 2024. The last date of the online application and payment of application fee will be notified later. Aspirants are advised to visit the official website to know more. 

St Xavier's College Kolkata offers more than 12 courses at the UG, PG, PhD, Integrated, and BEd, levels. The college also offers many other courses such as Career Oriented Programme, and a Diploma in Multimedia and Animation among others. The admission criteria are merit-based for all courses. Students are required to go through the national-level entrances and then appear for counselling for final admission. Stduents can check the table below showcases the eligibility and selection criteria:

Yes, St. Xavier's College Kolkata was recognised by the UGC as an 'Autonomous' college in 2006 and as a 'College with Potential for Excellence' in the same year. The college has since become a 'College of Excellence' in 2014 and a 'College with Special Heritage Status' in 2015. The college is also ISO 9001:2015 certified and was given an A+ Grade by the NAAC.

As per the NIRF report 2023, a total of 25 out of 52 PG-Integrated (5-year) students were placed during placements 2022. The table below showcases total students and students placed recorded in the last three years:

The college conducts placement drives every year. However, more than 500 students were placed form various department such as Economics (Hons), Mathematics (Hons), BCom, MCom etc. through on campus and off campus placement drive. Earlier, as per the placement brochure 2022, more than 650 students were placed. Many top recruiters visited the campus such as PwC, Accenture, ICICI Bank, Shiksha.com among others.

The college has not released the course-wise salary package offered for the year 2023. However, NIRF report 2023 is available. The table below showcases course-wise median package offered in the last three years:

St Xavier's College Kolkata offers more than 12 courses at the UG, PG, PhD, Integrated, and BEd, levels. The college also offers many other courses such as Career Oriented Programme, and a Diploma in Multimedia and Animation among others. Tabulated below is the list of a few popular courses along with their fees:

This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. 

The list of a few top companies that visited St Xavier's College campus during the placement drive are given below:

Yes, St. Xavier's College Kolkata has many types of scholarships to support the students in their educational task and mainly from the economic fringes. The Late Rukmini Devi Goenka Scholarship, Smt. Panna Devi Kanoi Scholarship, and Smt. Kamala Devi Budhia Scholarship represent a few of them. It has a clear view of promoting academic excellence and building a culture of inclusivity in the institution. It also encourages the students to avail themselves of government scholarships. With financial aid and counselling, St. Xavier's College makes sure that the doors to quality education remain open to all and turn their academic and professional goals into reality.

Yes, St. Xavier's College offers a Bachelor of Science. This college offers a regular programme in BSc among many specializations with BSc in Economics (Mathematics), Economics (Sociology), BSc (Hons.) in Mass Communication (History), Mass Communication (Economics), Mass Communication (Comparative Bengali), or so. Students admitted to the BSc course at St. Xavier's College are exposed to a structured curriculum that makes them fit and able to pursue various jobs relating to science. Admission is through the entrance exam for qualification into Calcutta University.